Morgan Timeline
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Updated: 13 Mar 2021
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Created byMia Quinto
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1802: Building on Sharp Street
purchased by Colored
Methodist Society1864: Black American ministers of
Washington Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church (who
had ties to Sharp Street) made plans
for establishment to prepare free Blacks
for ministry. Sought backing from white
religious leaders in Baltimore.1866: 13 leading members of Baltimore
Conference of the Methodist Church
convened to create Board of Trustees
for creation of the Centenary Biblical
Institute of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Goal was to prepare Black men
for Methodist ministry.1867: First class held April 30th for nine
ministers-in-training at the Sharp
Street Methodist Episcopal Church.1867: Founder's Day: Board of
Trustees sought Articles of Incorporation
in Supreme Court of Baltimore City
= the Centenary Institute of the Methodist
Episcopal Church of Baltimore was formally established.1872: First Black American men
appointed to Board of Trustees.1872: The Centenary Biblical Institute of
the Methodist Episcopal Church moved
to a three-story structure at 44 E. Saratoga
Street.1873: First appointed president of
Centenary Biblical Institute was
Rev. J. Emory Round (was an abolitionist
and assistant editor of Zion Herald).1874: Females allowed to attend
Centenary Biblical Institute.1878: Centenary Biblical Institute allowed to
train both teachers and ministers.1879: Three Black professors included as staff.1881: Institute moved to third location
at intersection of Edmondson and Fulton
Avenues. Location was donated by Rev.
and Mrs. John F. Goucher.1886: Division of Centenary Biblical Institute formed in Princess Anne, Maryland.1890: Centenary Biblical Institute
changed name to Morgan College
in honor of Rev. Lyttleton F. Morgan,
a dedicated board member and financial
supporter of the Institute.1893: Division of Morgan College
created in Lynchburg, Virginia
(Virginia Collegiate and Industrial
Institute)...burned down Christmas
Day 1917.1902: Morgan's longest-serving president,
Dr. John Oakley Spencer appointed.1913: Letter written to the Sun by
Baltimore resident complaining
about Morgan's existence at Edmondson
and Fulton.1917: After much deliberation &
under scrutiny from surrounding
neighborhood, a fourth location of
the Institute (and first under Morgan
College) was established to accommodate
growth. Morgan College bought 64.25-acre
Ivy Mill Co. Property located at the corner
of Hillen and Grindon (now Cold Spring Lane).
Existing Ivy Mill Hotel on property renamed
to Washington Hall. Three other existing
structures were utilized by Morgan College:
Cummings Hall, Young Hall, and Woolford
Hall (all demolished).1918: Some white residents in area
surrounding Morgan (Lauraville) tried to
get sale of Ivy Mill Property to Morgan
retracted by filing motion with Towson
Circuit Court. Court ruled in favor of Morgan
...Lauraville group tried to appeal, but were
unsuccessful.1919: A 40-acre site just south of
original 1917 campus location purchased
from F.J. Morton by Morgan College.1919: Carnegie Hall built at Morgan
College due to donation from Andrew
Carnegie & matching of funds from
Washington and Baltimore Conferences.1922: Alumni House built (not apart of
Morgan's building library until 1995).1925: Morgan College received full
accreditation from Middle States
Association of Colleges and Schools.1929: Baldwin Hall built.1935: U.S. Circuit Judge and Morgan
Board Chair, Morris A. Soper became
chairman of Maryland's Commission
on Higher Education for Negroes.1936: State officials contact Morgan
College's Board of Trustees about
buying the organization after Murray
v. Pearson ruling.Banneker Hall built.1939: Morgan College became Morgan
State College on Nov 9th after ownership
was transferred to State of Maryland.1939: 558 total students enrolled at
Morgan State College; 26 faculty members.1940: Maryland treasurer Hooper S. Miles
stated that parts of Morgan's campus
were "a rubbish heap of huts and shacks."1940: Northwood Shopping Center built
just outside of today's western extent of
campus; however, the stores were not
integrated.1940: Tubman House built.1941: Morris Macht (owned construction
company) proposed erection of "a brick
wall and 20 garages along Hillen Road in
front of Morgan." Construction commenced
in 1942--part of this wall still remains.1941: Morgan Interfaith Center built.1946: Truth Hall Built.1948: 973 total students enrolled at
Morgan; 85 faculty members.1951: Harper House built.1952: Washington Service Center built.1952: Turner armory built; purchased
by Morgan in 2001.1952: Cummings Hall built (originally
called Banneker Hall).1952: Holmes Hall built.1952: Hughes Memorial Stadium built.1952: Hurt Gymnasium built.1953: Calloway Hall built.1954: Woolford Infirmary built.1955: Protests of Northwood Shopping
Center's ban on Black Americans
commenced by MSU, Johns Hopkins, and
Goucher students. Wasn't until eight years
later all businesses at Northwood were
integrated.1957: Montebello Complex built,
later transferred to MSU in 1995,
thus forming South Campus.1958: McKeldin University Center
built.1962: Spencer Hall built.1964: Key Hall, Carter-Grant-Wilson
Admin Hall, and O'Connell Hall were
built.1972: McMechen Commerce Hall built.1974: Hill Field House and Jenkins
Behavioral Science Building were
built.1975: July 1st Morgan College became
Morgan State University "by act of
General Assembly." MSU was selected
as "the state's public urban university."1985: Thurgood Marshall Residential
Complex built.1991: Clarence Blount Towers and
Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Engineering
Building built.1993: Rawlings Residence Hall
and Dining Complex built.1997: Schaefer Engineering Building built.2001: Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts
Building built.2002: Richard N. Dixon Science Research
Center built.2003: Morgan View Apartments built.2006: Communications Center and
New Student Center built.2007: Earl S. Richardson library built.2012: CBEIS built.2015: Earl G. Graves School of Business
and Management was built.2016: National Trust for Historic Preservation
chose MSU as National Treasure. MSU was
1/2 HBCUs to receive this designation &
the only one to have that designation for
its entire campus.2020: 152-acre campus.2020: Northwood Plaza AKA Northwood
Shopping Center was razed and is set to
play a part in daily campus life of MSU.
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